Do you know about a series of books that say they are “for dummies ? These Ameri

Do you know about a series ofbooks that say they are “for dummies”? These American self-help books have beentranslated into more than thirty-nine language including Chinese, Arabic,Russian, French, German, Greek and Spanish.

“Dummy” is a word for a stupidperson. The dummies books are not really for stupid people. They are designedto show people how to do something they may never have tried before, likepainting a house or learning a language. The books all say in a funny way thatthey are for dummies, such as World History for Dummies, Rabbits forDummies, Chinese Cooking for Dummies, and Wedding Planning forDummies. The first such book, Dos for Dummies, was published in1991. It helped people learn how to use the DOS operating system forcomputers. Since then, more than one hundred fifty million dummies books havebeen sold.

The dummies. Com website explainsthe idea behind the books. It says that they show that people can be taught todo anything. First they can make fun of ideas that are difficult to understand.Then they show how the information can be interesting and easy. The publisherssay that the books do not provide more information than necessary. They givereaders just enough information to do what they want. They say that the dummiesbooks give the best and easiest way to do something. And the books use simpleand easy language.

These are more than one thousanddifferent dummies books. A report in New York Times say that thetop-selling dummies books are those that explain technology and personalfinance.

The publishers say that thebest-selling dummies books are those providing information many peopleneed-like information about diseases books to help them. And there are evenmore dummies books to come. The publishers say that they publish about twohundred new dummies books every year.

1. Which of thefollowing can be the best title of the passage?

   A. Books forDummies            B.The Easiest, the Best

   C. Self-HelpBooks              D. New Ideas behind the books

2.According to thedummies.com website, people can            withthe help of dummies books.

   A. simple somepersonal things       B. do anything they want

   C. become expert inany field         D. learn any foreignlanguage

3.The dummies books havebeen popular because               

   A. they provide justwhat is needed and are easy to understand

   B. they provideabundant information on the concerning subject

   C. people can learnto do anything with just one copy

   D. people can savelots of money through self-teaching

4. According to New YorkTimes, we know that books on             sellbest.

    A. technologyand personal finance       B. opera and carrepairing

    C. diseasesandeducation              D. cooking and world history

5.What can we learn fromthe passage?

    A. The firstdummies book was on Chinese cooking.

    B. The dummiesbooks will continue to be popular

    C. Fiftymillion different dummies books have been published.

    D. The simplelanguage was intended for child readers.

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.B

【解析】略